This year’s budget has some winners and losers. One of the big winners is former Prime Minister Raila Odinga who emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries from the 2020/2021 budget securing a first full-year allocation of Ksh72 million, despite other arms of government registering upto 40 percent budget drops.
This according to new estimates that are expected to be tabled in Parliament by Treasury CS Ukur Yattani on Thursday, June 11.
His new bugdet will include Ksh26 million aimed at securing luxury cars for his office, Ksh10 million for furniture, Ksh20 million for insurance and Ksh10 million for his staff.
The reason for the big-budget according to many observers is the handshake between Raila and Uhuru Kenyattain 2018.
Before that, the former premier had been largely ignored by the state which had refused to include him in pension package allocated to former Presidents Mwai Kibaki and the late Daniel Moi.
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The state argued that the office of the former Prime Minister had not qualified for an allocation, accusing its holder of actively participating in politics.
This comes even as the state struggles to procure Ksh823 billion to fill the deficit while raising KshKsh.904.7 billion debt reported to be maturing in the upcoming financial year.
Treasury CS Ukur Yattani projects that total revenue for the 2020/21 financial year is likely to total to Ksh1.87 trillion shillings including Ksh.1.62 trillion in tax revenues, Ksh.249.1 billion as ministerial appropriations in aid.
